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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert.

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The Past, Present and Future of Gender Lens Investing

Austin Startup

Since the field’s estimated beginnings in 2009 , subsegments like “feminomics” and “inclusive finance” have spun off, but at it’s core gender lens investing is: incorporating gender as a factor to guide investment strategies. The movement’s objective is to look at the entire financial and social system, not just at women.”

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20 Essential TED Talks For Entrepreneurial Students

YoungUpstarts

As Nigeria’s former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala understands how trade, aid, private investment and government support all impact an economy differently. She wraps up TEDGlobal 2007 opining on what they all mean for business-minded Africans and what still needs doing to stimulate their minds.

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Cracking The Code: Launch of the SaaS 13 Index!

Cracking the Code

The Index is red if under this mark, and green if above and the % change is indicated. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Yahoo Finance. The Index reference point starts on January 1st 2008 at 19,187.81 pts and is dynamically updated via GoogleDocs. ▼ 02/24 - 03/02. (1). VC lifestyle.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. JL Mealer Mealer Companies LLC America’s Next Major Automaker and Green Energy Source Provider! JL Mealer Mealer Companies LLC America’s Next Major Automaker and Green Energy Source Provider! I hope you will join the team and relieve me of some of this burden.”

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

Occam's Razor

I spend 70% of my time in the US and for those discussions I'm primary looking at speed (connection above), mobile penetration (yes, 2007 was the year of mobile!), Finance, real estate, groceries, media, retail, technology, travel and health products … What is going on in Japan with health products?! :).

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. There were a number of green projects at the NIF, including environmental studies major Alan Hacklers Zero Waste Solutions.